Cómo se construyen las question tags?
Si la frase es positiva, la question tag será negativa.
Si la frase es negativa, la question tag será positiva.
- You know how to cook, don’t you?
- You don’t know how to cook, do you?
Presente y pasado:
-Verbos ‘to be, have (cuando significa haber), can, could, must, should”
Usamos el mismo verbo
-Resto de los verbos y have (cuando signific tener): usamos el auxiliar do y did.
He is sleeping, isn’t he?
You can do it, can't you?
They could come, couldn't they?
They must go to work, mustn't they?
You have met my friend, haven’t you?
She has left, hasn’t she?
You had spoken to him, hadn’t you?
She runs really fast, doesn’t she?
They live in Belgium, don’t they?
You ate my biscuit, didn’t you?
It rained last night, didn’t it?
He has a hamster, doesn’t he?
He has got a hamster, hasn’t he?
They have to eat, don’t they?
They have got to eat, haven’t they?
Futuro y condicional:
Usaremos el auxiliar will y would siempre y en todos los verbos
It will be fine, won’t it?
She won’t tell anybody, will she?
You can’t take sugar, can you?
I should study hard, shouldn’t I?
He must be so sad, musn’t he?
Casos especiales.
Con ‘I am’, siempre se usa la question tag ‘aren’t I?
I am the best student in the class, aren’t I?
Con el imperativo siempre se usa ‘will you’, tanto si la oración tiene sentido positivo o negativo.
Pass me that salt, will you?
Don’t be sad, will you?
Con la expresión ‘Let’s’, siempre se usa el question tag ‘shall we’:
Let’s have dinner, shall we?
Let’s not argue, shall we?
Con ‘there is’ y ‘there are’, la question tag se forma usando ‘there’ en lugar de un pronombre:
There isn’t any water left, is there?
There is a lot of snow isn’t there
